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Their lifestyles may look fabulous but sometimes it gets a a bit ridiculous. Shes found fame and fortune, but could she lose herself. But as her career gathers momentum, she finds herself losing control of her life. Jun 16, 2004 fastpaced, sexy, and wickedly hilarious, bling is a pageturner that grabs the reader from the very first line. All five letters of bling, the magic word that denotes the luxury accoutrements sported by hiphops top brass, are given a diamondlike sheen against a plain black background.
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